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poodle skirts

poodle skirts is the plural of poodle skirt.

Meaning of poodle skirt

Noun

poodle skirt (plural poodle skirts)

  1. A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.
    • Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels.1986 [1984], Armistead Maupin, Babycakes (Tales of the City), page 64

Questions about poodle skirts

What is poodle skirts the plural of?
Poodle skirts is the plural of poodle skirt.

Words near poodle skirts in the dictionary

  1. poodle
  2. poodle cloth
  3. poodle shooter
  4. poodle shooters
  5. poodle skirt
  6. poodle skirts
  7. poodle-faker
  8. poodle-fakers
  9. poodle-skirted
  10. poodled
  11. poodledom

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